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Poor souls they perished : the Cataraqui : Australia's worst shipwreck / Andrew Lemon & Marjorie Morgan.
Publication details: Warrandyte, Victoria : Burgewood Books, 2014.Edition: Third editionDescription: xvi, 192 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781876425661 :
- Cataraqui (Ship)
- Cataraqui (Ship)
- Shipwreck survival -- Tasmania -- King Island -- History
- Shipwreck survival -- Tasmania -- King Island -- History -- 1803-1851
- Shipwreck victimes -- Tasmania -- King Island -- History -- 1803-1851
- Shipwreck victims -- Tasmania -- King Island -- History
- Shipwrecks -- Tasmania -- King Island
- Shipwreck survival -- Tasmania -- King Island -- History -- 1803-1851
- Shipwreck victims -- Tasmania -- King Island -- History -- 1803-1851
- King Island (Tas.) -- History -- 1803-1851
- King Island (Tas.) -- History
- King Island (Tas.) -- History -- 1803-1851
- Australian
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 910.452 LEM | Available | 059817 |
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First published in 1986 by Hargreen, North Melbourne.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-184) and index.
"Australia's worst civil disaster -- a sailing ship stranded only 150 yards off the deserted shore of King Island, isolated by rows of reefs; victims clinging, for up to two days, to the disintegrating vessel. The miraculous rescue of the survivors by an ex-convict, the response to the news in Melbourne and England, and the gruesome aftermath of burial and salvage complete the tale." -- Back cover.
